Yesterday’s virtual summit between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping followed two presidential telephone calls and last week’s joint declaration on enhanced climate action drafted by US climate envoy John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart, Xie …
Planet A Ecuador, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica have pledged to protect reefs and marine biodiversity by connecting their individual protected marine territories into a single ‘Eastern Tropical Pacific Maritime Corridor’. This fishing-free ocean highway …
Before the end of this month, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology is likely to announce the arrival of a La Niña weather event, the second in two years. The announcement will be a useful reminder of …
World leaders have now departed Glasgow after delivering, with a few notable exceptions, underwhelming climate announcements. If COP26 was the planet’s last best chance, leaders for the most part didn’t rise to the occasion. But …
The United Nations Climate Change Conference better known as COP26 that’s underway in Glasgow might conclude with a big international agreement. But whatever tactical successes are achieved at COP26, the results are likely to mark …




